1 «Ψαλμός του Δαβίδ, ότε μετέβαλε τον τρόπον αυτού έμπροσθεν του Αβιμέλεχ· ούτος δε απέλυσεν αυτόν, και απήλθε.» Θέλω ευλογεί τον Κύριον εν παντί καιρώ· η αίνεσις αυτού θέλει είσθαι διαπαντός εν τω στόματί μου. 2 Εις τον Κύριον θέλει καυχάσθαι η ψυχή μου· οι ταπεινοί θέλουσιν ακούσει, και θέλουσι χαρή. 3 Μεγαλύνατε τον Κύριον μετ' εμού, και ας υψώσωμεν ομού το όνομα αυτού. 4 Εξεζήτησα τον Κύριον, και επήκουσέ μου, και εκ πάντων των φόβων μου με ηλευθέρωσεν. 5 Απέβλεψαν προς αυτόν και εφωτίσθησαν, και τα πρόσωπα αυτών δεν κατησχύνθησαν. 6 Ούτος ο πτωχός έκραξε, και ο Κύριος εισήκουσε, και εκ πασών των θλίψεων αυτού έσωσεν αυτόν. 7 Άγγελος Κυρίου στρατοπεδεύει κύκλω των φοβουμένων αυτόν και ελευθερόνει αυτούς. 8 Γεύθητε και ιδέτε ότι αγαθός ο Κύριος· μακάριος ο άνθρωπος ο ελπίζων επ' αυτόν. 9 Φοβήθητε τον Κύριον, οι άγιοι αυτού· διότι δεν υπάρχει στέρησις εις τους φοβουμένους αυτόν. 10 Οι πλούσιοι πτωχεύουσι και πεινώσιν· αλλ' οι εκζητούντες τον Κύριον δεν στερούνται ουδενός αγαθού. 11 Έλθετε, τέκνα, ακούσατέ μου· τον φόβον του Κυρίου θέλω σας διδάξει. 12 Τις είναι ο άνθρωπος όστις θέλει ζωήν, αγαπά ημέρας, διά να ίδη καλόν; 13 Φύλαττε την γλώσσαν σου από κακού, και τα χείλη σου από του να λαλώσι δόλον· 14 Έκκλινον από του κακού και πράττε το αγαθόν· ζήτει ειρήνην και κυνήγει αυτήν. 15 Οι οφθαλμοί του Κυρίου είναι επί τους δικαίους, και τα ώτα αυτού εις την κραυγήν αυτών. 16 Το πρόσωπον του Κυρίου είναι κατά των πραττόντων κακόν, διά να αφανίση από της γης το μνημόσυνον αυτών. 17 Έκραξαν οι δίκαιοι, και ο Κύριος εισήκουσε, και εκ πασών των θλίψεων αυτών ελευθέρωσεν αυτούς. 18 Ο Κύριος είναι πλησίον των συντετριμμένων την καρδίαν, και σώζει τους ταπεινούς το πνεύμα. 19 Πολλαί αι θλίψεις του δικαίου, αλλ' εκ πασών τούτων θέλει ελευθερώσει αυτόν ο Κύριος. 20 Αυτός φυλάττει πάντα τα οστά αυτού· ουδέν εκ τούτων θέλει συντριφθή. 21 Η κακία θέλει θανατώσει τον αμαρτωλόν· και οι μισούντες τον δίκαιον θέλουσιν απολεσθή. 22 Ο Κύριος λυτρόνει την ψυχήν των δούλων αυτού, και δεν θέλουσιν απολεσθή πάντες οι ελπίζοντες επ' αυτόν.
Psalms · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Psalm 34 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Thessalonians 5:18; Colossians 3:17; Psalm 145:1–2; Ephesians 5:20; Psalm 71:8
- 2 Jeremiah 9:24; 1 Corinthians 1:31; Psalm 119:74; Psalm 44:8; 1 Timothy 1:15–16
- 3 Psalm 69:30; Luke 1:46; Psalm 148:1–14; Revelation 19:5–6; Psalm 40:16
- 4 Psalm 18:6; Matthew 7:7; Psalm 116:1–6; Psalm 56:3; 2 Timothy 1:7
- 5 Hebrews 12:2; Psalm 123:1–2; Psalm 18:28; Psalm 25:3; Isaiah 60:5
- 6 Psalm 34:17–19; Psalm 3:4; Psalm 10:17; Psalm 66:16–20; Psalm 40:17
- 7 Psalm 91:11; Daniel 6:22; Hebrews 1:14; 2 Kings 19:35; 2 Kings 6:17
- 8 Psalm 119:103; Hebrews 6:4–5; 1 Peter 2:2–3; Jeremiah 31:14; Psalm 63:5
- 9 Romans 8:32; Philippians 4:19; Psalm 23:1; Luke 12:30–32; Psalm 31:23
- 10 Psalm 84:11; Matthew 6:32; Psalm 104:21; Luke 1:51–53; Job 4:10–11
- 11 Proverbs 1:7; Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 2:1–9; Psalm 32:8; Isaiah 28:9
- 12 1 Peter 3:10–12; Deuteronomy 30:20; Deuteronomy 6:2; Psalm 91:16; Ecclesiastes 12:13
- 13 James 3:5–10; Psalm 141:3; Proverbs 21:23; 1 Peter 2:22; James 1:19
- 14 Psalm 37:27; 1 Peter 3:11; Hebrews 12:14; 3 John 11; Romans 12:9
- 15 1 Peter 3:12; Psalm 34:17; Psalm 33:18; Job 36:7; Psalm 130:2
- 16 Proverbs 10:7; Jeremiah 44:11; Jeremiah 17:13; Leviticus 17:10; Job 18:17
- 17 Psalm 145:18–20; Isaiah 65:24; Psalm 34:19; Psalm 34:6; Psalm 91:15
- 18 Psalm 147:3; Psalm 145:18; Isaiah 57:15; Isaiah 61:1; Psalm 51:17
- 19 Psalm 34:17; 1 Peter 4:12–13; Psalm 34:6; 2 Corinthians 4:17; John 16:33
- 20 John 19:36; Psalm 35:10; Psalm 91:12; Daniel 6:22–24
- 21 Psalm 94:23; Isaiah 3:11; Proverbs 24:16; Psalm 37:12–15; Psalm 89:23
- 22 Psalm 103:4; 1 Peter 1:18–19; Psalm 31:5; Psalm 71:23; 2 Samuel 4:9
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
The righteous cried, and the Lord heard him, and delivered him out of all his troubles." "Many are the stripes [appointed for] the wicked; but mercy shall compass those about who hope in the Lord." Chapter XXIII — Be humble, and believe that Christ will come again The all-merciful and beneficent Father has bowels [of compassion] towards those that fear …
… is eternal, and the wrath of God which shall be revealed from heaven from the face of our Lord (as David also says, "But the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth" ), entails a heavier punishment on those who incur it,--the elders pointed out that those …
For Thou art great, O Lord, and hast respect unto the lowly, but the proud Thou knowest afar off." Nor dost Thou draw near but to the contrite heart, nor art Thou found by the proud, --not even could they number by cunning skill the stars and the sand, and measure the starry regions, and trace the courses of the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For it is said, "Depart from evil, and do good;" and again, "Make thy tongue to cease from evil, and thy lips that they speak no guile." "But tell me the good too." "Seek peace, and pursue it:" I mean not peace with man only, but also peace with God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Therefore magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His Name together,--all of us in common, for one alone is powerless; nay rather, even if we be all united together, we shall yet not do it as we ought.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)